Miss Sarah Grant Faces Easter Eve Threat and Truth
On the eve of Easter and April Fools Day Miss Sarah Grant confronts family tensions in Glenville. She recalls her brother John’s faltering finances and her own stingy past while an anonymous Easter package arrives, hinting at hidden motives and possible help or conflict on the morrow.
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Sarah Grant
Miss Grant
Glenville
Miss Sarah
Ric Grant
Sarah
Grandma Atherton
John
Joans
Saray
Amy
Amy Grant
Grant
Miss Saran
Madam Amy
Maine
Sarah Catherine
Sadie
Maggie
Eftie Dean
John Grant
Brother
New Invention to Straighten Colored Hair in Atlanta
An article notes Robert E Rhodes develops a device with a steel comb and heated brass cylinder to straighten kinky African hair. The device promises to transform looks, with Atlanta’s colored community eagerly awaiting its sale and potential success.
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Atlanta, Ga
Darky
Atlanta
Robert E. Rhodes
Sister who follows the risen Lord receives warm note
A fragment from a New York Observer letter shows Anna Johnson urging a sister to forget the past and embrace faith in the risen Lord. Sarah Grant signs the loving message, indicating a personal plea for spiritual renewal.
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Sarah Grant
Anna Johnson
N. Y
Easter meaning woven into daily life and growth
The passage argues that Easter signifies daily spiritual renewal, comparing transformation to planting a seed. It describes the shift from natural to spiritual life as growth of love, purity, truth, and courage, with anger and cruelty fading as faith and knowledge mature.
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Nate
Harper’s Bazar
Easter Echoes From Two Sepulchers Poem Quotation
A fragmentary Easter verse cites scripture and declares Christ is risen. The lines evoke angelic proclamation at the tomb and celebrate a buried heart breaking Sin's prison, attributed to Charles H. Towne in the New York Independent.
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Charles H. Towne
N. Y
The Iceman Frederick Tudor and Ice Trade Beginnings
The storage and sale of ice as a business began in 1805 when Frederick Tudor of Boston cut 300 tons from his pond, bought a vessel, and shipped ice to Martinique as yellow fever raged in the West Indies.
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Frederick Tudor
Boston
Martinique
West Indies
Flooded Mississippi Valley farms face multi-million losses
A government report details flood impact across Mississippi Arkansas Missouri Tennessee and Louisiana as of April 6 1897 The submerged area includes about 29 500 farms and 3 500 000 acres valued near 5 million in farm property and 7 600 000 in livestock Mississippi leads in affected capital with about 42 million followed by Arkansas Missouri and Tennessee The report notes potential wheat planting challenges and estimates past crop values and on hand stocks including 8 875 million dollars of crops remaining in the flooded region and 13 million from cotton sales.
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Washington
Mississippi Valley
Cairo
Ill
Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Department
Mississippi
Arkansas
Missouri
Tennessee
Louisiana
Yazoo
Foraker bill explained pooling and IC policy
Washington April 12. A statement outlines the Foraker bill aims touching interstate commerce law. It notes the bill predates the Trans Missouri decision and aims to curb pooling with 20 day review, commission control, and possible termination. The measure echoes the Paterson bill and reflects long running discussions. Lester I Stearns of Dunkirk N Y accepts third assistant postmaster generalship with nomination to follow McKinley.
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Washington
Senate
Trans-Missouri
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
House of Representatives
Lester I. Stearns
Dunkirk
N. Y
McKinnley
Commission Named for International Monetary Conference
President appoints Senator Edward C. Wolcott Charles J. Paine and ex Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson as commissioners under the bimetallism act of March 3. Wolcott a leading advocate of silver and Europe trip this summer. Paine a Massachusetts Republican banker and railroad director. Stevenson a Democrat ally of Bryan. Commission to meet likely after May 1 with Wolcott as president.
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Washington
Edward C. Wolcott
Colorado
Charles J. Paine
Boston
Adlai E. Stevenson
Senate
Wolcott
Commission
Europe
St. Louis
Jex
Stevenson
Bryan
Chicago
McKinley
Massachusetts
Trarvard
Gen. Paine
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Boston Institute of Technology
Walker
Thority
Senator Wolcott
PRESIDENT MCC Kinley RETURNS TO WASHINGTON ABOARD DOLPHIN
President McKinley and his party arrived at the navy yard in good health after returning to Washington on the dispatch boat Dolphin. In Little Rock Arkansas a youth named Harrison died from a fatal blow in a glove contest with Tobin in Hampton Sunday.
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Dolphin
Washington
McKinley
Navy Yard
White House
Little Rock
Ark
Harrison
Tobin
Harmpton
YWCA Convention Adjourns Without Uniting
Detroit April 12 The international Y W C A association closed its last business meeting without acting on the adjustment committee report which found it impracticable to unite the two women's Christian associations.
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Nook
Detroit
Mich
Y. W. C. A. Association
New York
F. F. McCrea
Indianapolis
John Harvey
Toronto
Eva Seevers
Thirza Hall
Chicago
Judge Quinn Hangs Kellihan and accomplice tale
A Fairmount Minnesota dispatch reports Judge Quinn has sentenced Lewis Kellihan of Mason City to hang on August 12. Wellihan and his brother robbed a Sherburne bank in November, killed two men, and fled by bicycle. they were captured three days later. The brother was killed at the rapture.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Journal
Fairmount
Quinn
Lewis Kellihan
Mason City
Wellihan
Sherburne
Roof Collapse Kills Eight in Tarn Church
A church near Castres in Tarn, France, collapsed during Mass. Seven women and one man were killed and 30 people were seriously injured.
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Paris
Castres
Department of Tarn
Spaulding posts bond over insolvent bank charge
Chicago April 12 Charles W Spaulding president of Globe Savings Bank and university treasurer posted a $500 bond at 11 PM Sunday for appearance before Justice Hall on a charge of receiving deposits after knowledge of insolvency. Meanwhile Sofia April 12 Bulgarian and Romanian troops mass on the frontier amid strained relations and talk of retaking Dobrudja.
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Chicago
Charles W. Spaulding
Globe Savings Bank
Board of Trustees
The
University of Ilinois
Justice Hall
Bulgaria
Roumania
Sofia
Dobrudja
Bold Yonkers Bank Robbery Nets 4400 In Cash
Two young men held up Yonkers Savings Bank cashier Cobb at noon as a bank crowd stood nearby. One robber, armed with a pistol, demanded cash while a second man watched from the rear. The escape occurred toward the railway station after a quiet, tense exchange. $4400 vanished with a ten 50 dollar bill overlooked.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Yonkers Savings Bank
Cobb
National Democratic clubs form new executive committee
Washington April 13: The first meeting of the new executive committee of the National Association of Democratic clubs was held at the Ebbitt House with a full attendance. A committee was appointed to draft an address to Democratic voters urging democratic organization in districts and immediate steps by party chairs nationwide.
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Washington
National Association of Democratic Clubs
Ebbitt House
Messrs. Black
McMillin
Maguire
Republican Party
Jefferson
Bank President Seeks Time to Pay University Debts
Charles Spalding president of Globe Savings Bank and university treasurer met University of Illinois leaders on Monday. A two hour conference followed a plan showing private property worth 400 000 dollars and Spalding pledged to pay every dollar owed if given reasonable time.
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Chicago
Charles \. Spalding
The
Globe Savings Bank
University of Illinois
Francis M. McKay
John J. Armstrong
University
Warrants Issued for Globe Savings Bank Officials
Chicago April 13 more warrants issued for officials of the defunct Globe savings bank and officers dispatched to arrest C W Spalding president A D Averill vice president and C C Churchill cashier on charges of embezzlement for accepting a deposit April 3 while insolvent Adolph Edehman the complainant identifies the accused and the bank insolvency as the basis of the case More details follow from court notices and police actions in the week.
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Chicago
Globe Savings Bank
C. W. Spalding
A. D. Averill
C. C. Churchill
Adolph Edehman
McKinley Urges Aid for Flood Sufferers in Mississippi Valley
President McKinley on April 7 1897 urged rapid relief for floods across Arkansas Mississippi and Louisiana reporting 60 towns underwater and 50 000 to 80 000 affected in a 260 mile stretch. Congress swiftly approved relief bills of 150 000 and 200 000 for supplies and aid to flood victims.
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McKinley
Congress
Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tennessee
Mississippi Valley
Marion
Ark
Memphis
Greenville
Miss
Citizens’ Relief Committee of
William M'Kinley
Executive
Jones
House
Catchings
Tariff Bill Delayed by Senate Finance Subcommittee
Washington April 10 Republicans on the subcommittee of the Senate Finance Committee plan to postpone presenting the tariff bill beyond the original date. They expect to report in about two weeks and may push the date further. Reductions in duties are likely, but balancing protections for key articles and party goals complicates agreement.
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Washington
Senate Committee of Finance
Senate
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